VILLAIN 3

“‘If I told you to act stupid, did you actually become an idiot? Even if you hang around that boy, your father won’t spare you a glance!’

‘How many times do I have to tell you that the little brat is the one coming at me—!’

Is the person saying that my biological mother? But this is a bit much. What kind of conversation is that to have regarding a child? I clenched my fists to kick the door open immediately, but a system window popped up in front of me. It glowed an ominous red, as if warning me not to go in.

[This is a Restricted Area.]

[Entry is not permitted as the story has not progressed to this point yet.]

Screw that.

With an expressionless face, I ignored the system window and lifted my foot to kick the door.

[This is a Restricted Area.]

Instead of my foot hitting the door, the system window popped up and I ended up kicking the air.

‘This piece of….’

You want to go? Fine, let’s go. Let’s see who wins, you or me, you bastard.

I let out a hollow laugh and clenched my fist this time.

[This is a Restricted Area.]

[This is a Restricted Area.]

Just as I was about to punch the door, it swung open and a young woman stepped out.

Taken aback by the sudden opening of the door, I flailed in the air and stumbled, ending up falling right into the arms of the person in front of me.

Reflexively, I looked up to see who had caught me.

‘Heh….’

She was incredibly beautiful. She had a doll-like appearance that closely resembled my current face, but her eyes were shimmering with desire like a snake.

‘Is this person my mother?’

[Would you like to read brief information on the character ‘Lee Sera’? Yes No]

I glanced at the system window and signaled ‘Yes.’ While the information was loading, I gave an awkward smile, and Lee Sera slowly stroked my hair with a pleasant, fake smile.

“What are you doing here? Are you feeling alright?”

If you only heard her voice, she sounded like a sweet mother who was deeply worried about me.

If she was that worried, shouldn’t she have come to see me herself? I guess she has time to torment a kid but no time to check on her worried son? If Seo Kangsan wasn’t lying, she definitely would have heard that I collapsed while vomiting blood.

Ha. I let out a mental scoff and checked the briefly entered information about Lee Sera.

[‘Lee Sera’ Seo Hosu’s biological mother and… *Further information cannot be accessed because the story has not progressed.]

That’s it?

System, you acted like you were something special, but you’re actually quite incompetent.

[Aww… >ㅅ<]

From the moment I opened my eyes until now, you haven’t been helpful at all.

Helpful? That entity has only given me stress and annoyance. Ah, it even made me vomit blood.

As if sensing me standing outside the door, Seo Kangsan glared this way with sharp eyes. However, there was a hint of bewilderment in his gaze.

Why? Are you afraid I heard everything you just said? Yeah, I heard it all, kid.

Ding!

[Now, you promised to listen to me, right? Shall we perform the quest now? >0<]

[Push Seo Kangsan 0/1]

I glanced at the system window and let out a small sigh.

‘So, what did I call Lee Sera? Mother? Mommy?’

[Seo Hosu calls Lee Sera ‘Mommy’ and acts cute >_<! Especially in front of Seo Kangsan, you must call her that! ]

Calling her “Mommy” and acting cute. Yeah, right.

“Mother.”

“Wh-what? Sweetie, why are you…?”

“I could hear the noise out here.”

[Nooo!! ⊙□⊙ꐦ I told you it’s Mommy!]

I never said I’d do exactly what you said. She might be my biological mom in the game, but she’s not my real mother, so what does it matter what I call her?

‘I told you I wasn’t going to play my role here, System.’

I smirked and glanced at the system window as if to say, ‘What are you going to do?’ and shrugged with my eyes.

Then I slowly walked over, grabbed the shoulders of Seo Kangsan—who was looking at me with a stunned expression—and pushed him as hard as I could.

“And hyung. It’s not ‘that brat,’ it’s Seo Hosu.”

I dusted off my hands and stared back at Seo Kangsan expressionlessly.

Sorry. My personality is just like this, so I can’t do things like being sweet or speaking warmly. If you’re resentful about what I’ve done to you so far, just hit me.

I thought I pushed him pretty hard, but due to my lack of strength, Seo Kangsan only stumbled. He looked down at me with cold, brutal eyes. Ever since a while ago, even though his eyes are full of anger, they waver strangely whenever he looks at me. Is it because he’s still a kid that he can’t fully hate me?

“I said it’s Seo Hosu, not ‘that brat.’”

“Are you an idiot…? You think I’m doing this because I don’t know your real name?”

“You kept calling me ‘brat,’ so I thought you didn’t know.”

“That’s…!”

“Mom, let’s go. I’m sleepy, and I’m scared because no one is by my side.”

I sighed softly, grabbed Lee Sera’s arm, smiled gently, and spoke in a cute, melting voice.

For a moment, Lee Sera looked shocked with a blank expression, but she soon snapped out of it, nodded with a sweet smile, and took my hand.

Seeing as there are no wounds on my body, it seems Lee Sera at least doesn’t raise a hand against me….

A stepmother who hits a child, and a father who pretends not to see it. There isn’t a single normal person in this household.

‘Does the grandfather dote on Seo Kangsan at least?’

If he brought him here, he must know the secret that Seo Kangsan is the biological son of this house.

But why doesn’t he keep him himself instead of putting him in this house? And without even honestly telling anyone he’s the biological son.

‘This house is truly strange.’

[The grandfather does dote on Seo Kangsan. He’s just too busy to come here often. BU! T! He does not like Seo Hosu! Think carefully before you act ㅇㅅㅇ~]

So what? Does a person have to be loved by everyone in life? And looking at how things were before I possessed this body, this character seemed to have a real temper. He probably acted like a brat, which is why he’s disliked.

With fair skin and a face that looked like it had never known hardship, and a room filled with luxury items that made me think, ‘Why does a child have things like this?’ it was obvious how this character was treated in this house.

“Let’s go to your room, sweetie.”

“Yes.”

I stole a glance behind me. Seo Kangsan was still glaring at me, but his eyes looked somewhat apologetic.

With indifferent eyes, I looked forward again and entered my room with Lee Sera.

As if intending to sing me a lullaby, Lee Sera laid me down and sat beside me.

‘Hey, can’t I see information about myself?’

[Mister Seo Hosu’s level is too low, so that information is strictly locked. I can’t show it to you even with my authority yet >_<~!]

Big deal. Anyway, my level….

So it’s a system where I have to level up like a game.

‘I pushed Seo Kangsan earlier. Give me some kind of reward.’

[Hmph, it wasn’t the intensity I wanted =_= but a promise is a promise!]

Ding!

[— Level Up! Favorability display is now active! (Currently, due to Seo Hosu’s level, only specific individuals’ favorability is visible!)]

[— Current Level: 2]

Favorability? Don’t tell me this is a dating sim.

[>_<!! Heh. You’re curious about the name of this game, right? Shall I tell you? Hmm? Hmmm??]

I can’t see Lee Sera’s right now. Well, she’s a character whose info I can’t even read properly yet, so it makes sense that her favorability wouldn’t be displayed. As I closed my eyes, the person who had been patting my stomach and singing a lullaby slowly stood up, turned off the light, and left the room.

As soon as Lee Sera left, I snapped my eyes open and frowned. Checking the door and listening to the receding footsteps, I whispered softly.

“What is it? The name of the game.”

[It’s ‘Doki Doki: Seducing the Perfect Scarred Man’! Seo Kangsan is the main protagonist of this game. The real story begins when Seo Kangsan meets ‘———,’ the main character!]

“The name is lame.”

[Aww, that’s mean…! (´•̥ω•̥`)]

Seducing a scarred man, my foot. Why torment a kid from such a young age just because it’s “important” for the protagonist to have scars?